1 THE PRESIDENT: Pursuant to article 26 of its Statute, the Tribunal holds a hearing

2 today in the “Arctic Sunrise” Case between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the

3 Russian Federation.  

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5 At the outset I would like to note that Judge Lucky is prevented by illness from sitting

6 on the bench. 

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8 On 21 October 2013, the Kingdom of the Netherlands submitted to the Tribunal

9 a request for the prescription of provisional measures pending the constitution of

10 an arbitral tribunal in a dispute with the Russian Federation concerning the vessel

11 Arctic Sunrise. The request was made pursuant to article 290, paragraph 5, of the

12 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The case was named the “Arctic

13 Sunrise” Case and entered in the List of cases as Case No. 22. 

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15 I now call on the Registrar to summarize the procedure and to read out the

16 submissions of the Kingdom of the Netherlands